The programme was launched to the offshore industry in July 2010, followed by three trial inspections in December 2010. KP4 will run to at least December 2013, and involves both onshore and offshore inspection of duty holders’ management systems using Specialist Templates. The programme will determine the extent to which asset integrity risks associated with ageing and life extension are being managed effectively by duty holders, and will place emphasis on the development and promotion of good practice in the industry to ensure continued safety.

Technical Specialities Included In The KP4 Programme:

Corrosion

Fire & Explosion

Structural and Marine integrity

Process Safety

Pipelines

Mechanical

Electrical, Control & Instrumentation

Human Factors

KP4 Duty Holder Inspections

Following the launch of KP4 in 2010, Energy Division commenced the programme of inspections. By the end of 2011 eleven KP4 inspections had been completed, and fifteen duty holders identified for the 2012 KP4 programme of inspections.

2010/2011 Inspection Programme

Duty holder

Asset

Apache

Forties Alpha

Centrica

Rough

CNR

Ninian Central

Perenco

Leman Alpha

TAQA

Cormorant Alpha

Teekay

Apollo Spirit

BP

Magnus

ConocoPhilips

Loggs

Maersk

FPSO

Talisman

Montrose

Total

Elgin/Franklin

2012/2013 Inspection Programme

Duty holder

Asset

Shell

Gannet

Transocean

Paul B Lloyd

Maersk

Janice

Chevron

Alba North

ENSCO

Ensco 70

WGPSN

Beatrice

Noble

Julie Robertson

Premier Oil

Balmoral

Marathon

Brae Alpha

Petrofac

Thistle

BHP

Douglas

Bluewater

Haewene Brim

BG HRL

CPC1

Nexen

Scott

2013/2014 Inspection Programme

Duty holder

Asset

Amec

Dunlin

BW Offshore

BW Athena

Centrica North Sea

Audrey

Dana

Triton

Diamond Offshore Drilling UK

Ocean Princess

Northern Offshore

tbc

Onegas

tbc

Petrofac

Hewitt

The KP4 inspections from 2012 onwards will be implemented as follows:

Duty Holders to be inspected will be informed as early as possible, and directed to the onshore KP4 templates [hyperlink] on HSE’s website for them to fill them out as best as possible,

A KP4 presentation will be given to the selected Duty Holders by the KP4 manager soon after,

Onshore feedback will be given to the Duty Holders after HSE Specialists have had the opportunity of completing both sets of templates.

Regulatory deficiencies will be fed back to the Duty Holder by letter.

Inspection templates

The HSE inspections are performed using templates for each topic area, which are based on the application of the HSG65 model, to ensure consistency between duty holders in each topic area and between duty holder topic areas.

The onshore KP4 inspection templates can be downloaded from the following links: